Tim Harford 
The link between material and moral flourishing is real
If the 21st century has produced a more prescient book, I’ve not seen it. I’m thinking of The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth, by Harvard economics professor Benjamin Friedman. The book was published in late 2005, making it the same age as this column.
Friedman’s argument was wide-ranging but the bottom line
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